With Norman Hartnell’s spring/summer collection of 1992, two legendary names and fashion societies were united—Parisian couture and British royalty. At the time, the British house, founded by the eponymous designer in 1923, was trying to revive its splendor after the death of Hartnell in 1979. Marc Bohan, having been considered the savior of the House of Christian Dior after Yves Saint Laurent’s departure in 1957, was appointed in 1990 to rescue the decaying British brand—a sensible choice. Yet t